HAEMORRHAGIC MACULOPATHY IN YOUNG ADULTS

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Abstract
A retrospective clinical study of a group of patients with a specific macular disease was presented. The group included young adults, otherwise healthy, with no hereditary diseases. The macular disease was as a rule monolateral. The lesion consisted of a small central nodule surrounded by subretinal hemorrhages, retinal edema and degenerative changes in the adjacent pigment epithelium. Fluorescein angiography demonstrated subretinal neovascularization in the central part of the lesion. The disease was selflimiting and the lesion developed into a fibrotic scar. In some cases, small, atrophic spots were seen scattered in the eyeground. There was no vitreous reaction and no signs of anterior uveitis. The clinical picture was identical with the macular lesion reported in the presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome.

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